Commandeering Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAABCCCB DDDB EEEB FFFB GGGB| Our hero was a Tommy with a conscience free from care | A |
| And such an open countenance that when he breathed the air | A |
| He mopped up all the atmosphere so little went to spare | A |
| You could hardly say he breathed he commandeered it | B |
| For nowadays you'll notice when a man is on the make | C |
| And other people's property is anxious for to take | C |
| We never use such words as steal or collar pinch or shake | C |
| No the fashion is to say we commandeered it | B |
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| And our simple minded hero used to grumble at his lot | D |
| Said he This commandeerin's just a little bit too hot | D |
| A fellow has to carry every blooming thing he's got | D |
| Whatever he puts down they'll commandeer it | B |
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| So after much anxiety our simple minded elf | E |
| He thought he'd do a little commandeering for himself | E |
| And the first thing that he'd noticed was a bottle on a shelf | E |
| In a cottage so he thought he'd commandeer it | B |
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| What ho says he a bottle and by George it's full of beer | F |
| And no commanding officer to come and interfere | F |
| Here's my own blooming health says he I'm on the commandeer | F |
| And without another word he commandeered it | B |
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| On his subsequent proceedings we must draw a little veil | G |
| For the Boers had left some sheep dip in that bottle labelled Ale | G |
| But the doctor said he's shift it if all other methods fail | G |
| We must use the stomach pump and commandeer it | B |
Banjo Paterson
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